A Framework for Evaluating Early-Stage Human - of Marcus Hutter

The China-Brain Project
Report on the First Six Months
Prof. Dr. Hugo de GARIS, Dean Prof. Dr. ZHOU Changle, Prof. Dr. SHI Xiaodong,
Dr. Ben GOERTZEL, Prof. PAN Wei, Prof. MIAO Kehua,
Prof. Dr. ZHOU Jianyang, Dr. JIANG Min, Prof. ZHEN Lingxiang,
Prof. Dr. WU Qinfang, Prof. Dr. SHI Minghui, LIAN Ruiting, CHEN Ying
Abstract
The “China Brain Project” is a 4 year (2008-2011),
10.5 million RMB research project to build China’s
first artificial brain, which will consist of 10,000-
50,000 neural net modules which are evolved rapidly
in special FPGA hardware, downloaded one by one
into a PC or supercomputer, and then connected
according to the designs of human “BAs” (brain
architects) to build an artificial brain with thousands
of pattern detectors to control the hundreds of
behaviors of a two legged robot.
1. Introduction
The “China Brain Project”, based at Xiamen
University, is a 4 year (2008-2011), 10.5 million
RMB, 20 person, research project to design and
build China’s first artificial brain (AB). An
artificial brain is defined here to be a “network of
(evolved neural) networks”, where each neural
net(work) module performs some simple task
(e.g. recognizes someone’s face, lifts an arm of
a robot, etc), somewhat similar to Minsky’s idea
of a “society of mind” [1], i.e. where large
numbers of unintelligent “agents” link up to
create an intelligent “society of agents”. 10,000s
of these neural net modules are evolved rapidly,
one at a time, in special (FPGA based) hardware
and then downloaded into a PC (or more
probably, a supercomputer PC cluster). Human
“BAs” (brain architects) then connect these
evolved modules according to their human
designs to architect artificial brains. Special
Artificial Brain Lab
Cognitive Science Department
School of Information Science and Technology
Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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software, called IMSI (see section 5) is used to
specify these connections, and to perform the
neural signaling of the whole brain (in real time).
The main aim of this research project is to show
that using this (evolutionary engineering)
approach to brain building is realistic, by simply
building one and show that it can have thousands
of pattern recognizers, and hundreds of motions
that are switched between, depending on external
and internal stimuli. This project already has
(Fujian) province “key lab” financial support. It
is hoped, in three years, that it will win “key
state (i.e. federal) lab” status. In 5-10 years, it is
hoped that China will establish a “CABA”
(Chinese Artificial Brain Administration),
consisting of thousands of scientists and
engineers, to build national brains to fuel the
home robot industry (which may become the
worlds largest) (See section 11.)
There are about 20 people (8 professors)
involved in this project, divided into specialist
teams, i.e.
a) “Vision team” (who evolve pattern
recognition modules and create vision system
architectures).
b) ”Robot team” (who program the NAO robot
[2] to perform the many (hundreds of) behaviors
that the robot is to perform).
c) “Hardware Acceleration team” (who
program the FPGA electronic boards we use to